Singapore as a sustainable city: Past, present and the future

This paper outlines Singapore’s major sustainability challenges and its policy response in the areas of land use, transportation, waste management, water, and energy. We review the current and past Concept Plans from the perspective of sustainable land use and provide an overview of transportation p...

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Main Authors: FUJII, Tomoki, RAY, Rohan
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Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2019
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spelling sg-smu-ink.soe_research-32962019-10-03T08:12:10Z Singapore as a sustainable city: Past, present and the future FUJII, Tomoki RAY, Rohan This paper outlines Singapore’s major sustainability challenges and its policy response in the areas of land use, transportation, waste management, water, and energy. We review the current and past Concept Plans from the perspective of sustainable land use and provide an overview of transportation policy in Singapore. We also examine Singapore’s policies to manage increasing wastes and review the four tap water management plan. Finally, we look at various initiatives by the government for sustainable use of energy. While Singapore has been successful in many ways in transforming itself into one of the most prosperous and sustainable cities in the world, there remain challenges to make the city even cleaner and greener for a better future. We discuss the opportunities that new technologies will bring about and the role that Singapore can play in building a sustainable city. 2019-09-01T07:00:00Z text application/pdf https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/2297 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soe_research/article/3296/viewcontent/BookChapter_v2.03_WP_.pdf http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Research Collection School Of Economics eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University Econometrics
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FUJII, Tomoki
RAY, Rohan
Singapore as a sustainable city: Past, present and the future
description This paper outlines Singapore’s major sustainability challenges and its policy response in the areas of land use, transportation, waste management, water, and energy. We review the current and past Concept Plans from the perspective of sustainable land use and provide an overview of transportation policy in Singapore. We also examine Singapore’s policies to manage increasing wastes and review the four tap water management plan. Finally, we look at various initiatives by the government for sustainable use of energy. While Singapore has been successful in many ways in transforming itself into one of the most prosperous and sustainable cities in the world, there remain challenges to make the city even cleaner and greener for a better future. We discuss the opportunities that new technologies will bring about and the role that Singapore can play in building a sustainable city.
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author FUJII, Tomoki
RAY, Rohan
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RAY, Rohan
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title Singapore as a sustainable city: Past, present and the future
title_short Singapore as a sustainable city: Past, present and the future
title_full Singapore as a sustainable city: Past, present and the future
title_fullStr Singapore as a sustainable city: Past, present and the future
title_full_unstemmed Singapore as a sustainable city: Past, present and the future
title_sort singapore as a sustainable city: past, present and the future
publisher Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
publishDate 2019
url https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/2297
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